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City of Los Angeles Demographics
2000 Census
PLACE OF BIRTH OF PERSONS
1990 Census
| Place of
Birth |
Number |
Percent |
| Total |
3,694,834 |
100.00% |
|
Native |
2,182,114 |
59.06% |
|
Born in state of residence |
1,485,576 |
40.21% |
|
Born in other state in the United States |
664,746 |
17.99% |
|
Northeast |
186,592 |
5.05% |
|
Midwest |
196,243 |
5.31% |
|
South |
204,521 |
5.54% |
|
West |
77,390 |
2.09% |
|
Born outside the United States |
31,792 |
0.86% |
|
Puerto Rico |
4,866 |
0.13% |
|
U.S. Island Areas |
2,298 |
0.06% |
|
Born abroad of American parent(s) |
24,628 |
0.67% |
|
Foreign born (see below) |
1,512,720 |
40.94% |
|
Naturalized citizen |
509,841 |
13.80% |
|
Not a citizen |
1,002,879 |
27.14% |
Place of Birth of Foreign-Born Population
City of Los Angeles, 2000 Census
|
Place of Birth |
Number |
Percent |
| Total |
1,512,720 |
100.00% |
| Europe |
100,252 |
6.63% |
|
Northern Europe |
19,079 |
1.26% |
|
United Kingdom |
14,121 |
0.93% |
|
Ireland |
1,758 |
0.12% |
|
Sweden |
1,514 |
0.10% |
|
Other Northern Europe |
1,686 |
0.11% |
|
Western Europe |
20,942 |
1.38% |
|
Austria |
1,663 |
0.11% |
|
France |
5,398 |
0.36% |
|
Germany |
10,062 |
0.67% |
|
Netherlands |
1,528 |
0.10% |
|
Other Western Europe |
2,291 |
0.15% |
|
Southern Europe |
10,042 |
0.66% |
|
Greece |
2,879 |
0.19% |
|
Italy |
5,312 |
0.35% |
|
Portugal |
286 |
0.02% |
|
Spain |
1,525 |
0.10% |
|
Other Southern Europe |
40 |
0.00% |
|
Eastern Europe |
50,064 |
3.31% |
|
Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) |
1,964 |
0.13% |
|
Hungary |
4,139 |
0.27% |
|
Poland |
5,363 |
0.35% |
|
Romania |
4,324 |
0.29% |
|
Belarus |
992 |
0.07% |
|
Russia |
12,716 |
0.84% |
|
Ukraine |
10,708 |
0.71% |
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
385 |
0.03% |
|
Yugoslavia |
1,889 |
0.12% |
|
Other Eastern Europe |
7,584 |
0.50% |
|
Europe, not elsewhere classified |
125 |
0.01% |
|
Asia |
376,767 |
24.91% |
|
Eastern Asia |
125,201 |
8.28% |
|
China |
36,336 |
2.40% |
|
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan |
23,659 |
1.56% |
|
Hong Kong |
4,560 |
0.30% |
|
Taiwan |
8,117 |
0.54% |
|
Japan |
14,809 |
0.98% |
|
Korea |
73,666 |
4.87% |
|
Other Eastern Asia |
390 |
0.03% |
|
South Central Asia |
66,871 |
4.42% |
|
Afghanistan |
1,970 |
0.13% |
|
Bangladesh |
2,837 |
0.19% |
|
India |
13,633 |
0.90% |
|
Iran |
43,175 |
2.85% |
|
Pakistan |
2,783 |
0.18% |
|
Other South Central Asia |
2,473 |
0.16% |
|
South Eastern Asia |
121,647 |
8.04% |
|
Cambodia |
3,848 |
0.25% |
|
Indonesia |
3,170 |
0.21% |
|
Laos |
802 |
0.05% |
|
Malaysia |
690 |
0.05% |
|
Philippines |
80,632 |
5.33% |
|
Thailand |
9,399 |
0.62% |
|
Vietnam |
21,257 |
1.41% |
|
Other South Eastern Asia |
1,849 |
0.12% |
|
Western Asia |
62,467 |
4.13% |
|
Iraq |
2,039 |
0.13% |
|
Israel |
10,650 |
0.70% |
|
Jordan |
1,156 |
0.08% |
|
Lebanon |
7,743 |
0.51% |
|
Syria |
4,745 |
0.31% |
|
Turkey |
3,871 |
0.26% |
|
Armenia |
29,068 |
1.92% |
|
Other Western Asia |
3,195 |
0.21% |
|
Asia, not elsewhere classified |
581 |
0.04% |
|
Africa |
20,730 |
1.37% |
|
Eastern Africa |
4,705 |
0.31% |
|
Ethiopia |
2,723 |
0.18% |
|
Other Eastern Africa |
1,982 |
0.13% |
|
Middle Africa |
483 |
0.03% |
|
Northern Africa |
7,707 |
0.51% |
|
Egypt |
5,334 |
0.35% |
|
Other Northern Africa |
2,373 |
0.16% |
|
Southern Africa |
2,669 |
0.18% |
|
South Africa |
2,656 |
0.18% |
|
Other Southern Africa |
13 |
0.00% |
|
Western Africa |
4,081 |
0.27% |
|
Ghana |
666 |
0.04% |
|
Nigeria |
2,783 |
0.18% |
|
Sierra Leone |
146 |
0.01% |
|
Other Western Africa |
486 |
0.03% |
|
Africa, not elsewhere classified |
1,085 |
0.07% |
|
Oceania |
4,104 |
0.27% |
|
Australia and New Zealand Subregion |
2,309 |
0.15% |
|
Australia |
1,673 |
0.11% |
|
Other Australian and New Zealand Subregion |
636 |
0.04% |
|
Melanesia |
761 |
0.05% |
|
Micronesia |
201 |
0.01% |
|
Polynesia |
812 |
0.05% |
|
Oceania, not elsewhere classified |
21 |
0.00% |
|
Americas |
1,010,855 |
66.82% |
|
Latin America |
996,996 |
65.91% |
|
Caribbean |
14,674 |
0.97% |
|
Barbados |
193 |
0.01% |
|
Cuba |
8,349 |
0.55% |
|
Dominican Republic |
598 |
0.04% |
|
Haiti |
584 |
0.04% |
|
Jamaica |
3,148 |
0.21% |
|
Trinidad and Tobago |
966 |
0.06% |
|
Other Caribbean |
836 |
0.06% |
|
Central America |
942,203 |
62.29% |
|
Mexico |
625,504 |
41.35% |
|
Other Central America |
316,699 |
20.94% |
|
Costa Rica |
2,142 |
0.14% |
|
El Salvador |
170,313 |
11.26% |
|
Guatemala |
100,786 |
6.66% |
|
Honduras |
18,687 |
1.24% |
|
Nicaragua |
13,095 |
0.87% |
|
Panama |
1,727 |
0.11% |
|
Other Central America |
9,949 |
0.66% |
|
South America |
40,119 |
2.65% |
|
Argentina |
6,651 |
0.44% |
|
Bolivia |
1,878 |
0.12% |
|
Brazil |
3,265 |
0.22% |
|
Chile |
3,364 |
0.22% |
|
Colombia |
6,991 |
0.46% |
|
Ecuador |
5,748 |
0.38% |
|
Guyana |
620 |
0.04% |
|
Peru |
9,706 |
0.64% |
|
Venezuela |
881 |
0.06% |
|
Other South America |
1,015 |
0.07% |
|
Northern America |
13,859 |
0.92% |
|
Canada |
13,796 |
0.91% |
|
Other Northern America |
63 |
0.00% |
|
Born at sea |
12 |
0.00% |
Source: U.S.
Census Bureau
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